Thursday, November 14, 2013

First Reconciliation

After over a year’s worth of preparation and anticipation, John completed the sacrament of First Reconciliation last tonight. 

 

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It was remarkable to stand just outside the heavy wooden of the doors of our beautiful church and quietly observe him return from the vestibule, light a candle and pray for God’s mercy and forgiveness – he seemed so grown up in those moments, yet was still filled with the wonder, innocence, and curiosity of a seven year old.

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lighting his candle

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our son in prayer – literally moved me to tears

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leaving the church

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He was a bit nervous going into the evening, but came out all smiles. 

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I am so thankful for our community on nights like this – he was surrounded with friends from school, sports and the like.

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We celebrated the occasion with dinner out with bestie M and her family.

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And we marked the night with these sweet ornaments from Tricia at HKL Designs.  I absolutely adore them and am so thankful to have such talented friends.

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Last but not least, we recorded the sacrament in our family Bible.  John was incredibly excited to be the first one on the page :-)

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Feeling mighty blessed!

xoxo

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